Josh Benton

Benton, Kipping Pace Cougars Tracksters
         Coach Darryl Frerker said he pleased with the team’s performance last weekend.
         “We have had great season openers the past couple of years,” said Frerker, “and this proved to be the same.”
         The men and women’s outdoor track season got under way last Friday at Washington University. The men finished third with a team score of 85 while the women placed eighth with 29 points.
         “As young as we are as a team, I look for personal records to be set in the season opener, and that is what happened.”
         Joshua Benton (Carbondale) and Ruth Kipping (Quincy) had strong performances, just missing national provisional qualifying time. Benton finished first in the high jump at 6 feet, 8.5 inches (2.04 meters), the qualifying height is 2.08 meters.
         Kipping placed first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2 minutes, 18.76 seconds missing the qualifying time of 2:15.00.